Mac External Drive

Gavin Scott · Thu 22 Jul, 2010 11.57

Is there anything specific about an external hard drive for a Mac book? Can I pick up a regular 1TB external drive and make it work?

Sput · Thu 22 Jul, 2010 12.33

Should be fine, so long as it's not formatted to NTFS. It'd still be fine, but you'd have to reformat it.

Gavin Scott · Thu 22 Jul, 2010 12.38

Thought that. My boss is trying to use one that already has Windows NTFS data on it. Duh.

Anyway, they're prepared to spend big money at the Apple place in Edinburgh so thats that.

Ta much.

Sput · Thu 22 Jul, 2010 12.39

Fools.

Gavin Scott · Thu 22 Jul, 2010 13.01

Sput wrote:Fools.

Err.. minted fools, if you don't mind.

Pete · Thu 22 Jul, 2010 13.13

can't she just reformat it as FAT32?

Sput · Thu 22 Jul, 2010 13.15

I was assuming she wanted to keep the data (?)

marksi · Thu 22 Jul, 2010 14.19

Pffft at Sputty's external hard drive advice.

Hours of my life I'll never get back from Amazon, even if they refund postage...

Sput · Thu 22 Jul, 2010 14.33

Mark, if you're too shit to have Amazon pick you out one that works that's HARDLY my fault

Gavin Scott · Thu 22 Jul, 2010 15.05

They've decided on the Time Capsule - http://www.johnlewis.com/230729666/Product.aspx

Its only £234 quid.

Oh, I should say this is because there's a wee chip in the case of the Mac book - so they're sending it back to Apple and the owner doesn't wish to be without her 5GB of songs.

So yes, a 1TB drive should do it.

Sput · Thu 22 Jul, 2010 15.06

Are you NEVER tempted to embezzle from these people? Hell, I'm honest and even I want to take money from them.

Also: they DO realise that it's also a router, yes?